date:Sep 24, 2012
California's love affair with the pomegranate began long before there were antioxidants. There were pomegranates in California even before gold was discovered - Spanish missionaries planted them in 1769.
Pomegranates figure big in the Mediterranean cooking of Spain and the Middle East. But in California, they languished on the table as mere decorative objects until recent years, when we rediscovered how juicy and sweet and tart and refreshing and versatile they really are. And don't forget the